Appliance for golf practice



p 1933. B. v. RADLEY 1,926,733

APPLIANCE FOR GOLF PRACTICE Original Filed Feb. 17, 1930 Patented Sept.12, 1933 l I i ,926,733 T UNITED TATE Serial No; 532,142

- mins. (01. 273-35 This patent application is a divisional applicationon my ,United States patent application No.

428,982, filed February 17, 1930.

'This invention relates to appliances for golf practice. v n r Thisinvention has for its object to provide an appliance for use inpracticing golf putts only of a few yardsvlength, andis adapted forpractice ill-dOOIS, although it'may be used out-of-dOors- In accordancewith thisinventionl'provide an Fig. 1 is a plan of the appliancecomprising the filling chute and the discharge chute; Figs. 2and 3 aresections along lines A--A and B.B in Fig. 1 4

along the line DD in Fig. 1. I

An inclined filling chute'24 is employed, one end 25 of such a chuteresting on the ground or floor, and the other end 2'? sloping up in thedirection of the rear end whereat the chute is provided with a tray28having a central hole 26 below which is disposed an inclined chute26'.The tray 28 is bordered at theback and rear end by an upwardly extendingbarrier29, preferably adjustable vertically by a pin and slot device 29.The chute 24 is suitably supported by vertical legs 25, the walls 24' ofthe incline are carried only half-way up theincline, the upper halvesbeing turned down to give stiffness to the upperportion. The chute 26'leads at its forward end into a ground. Chute 24 and tube 30 areconnected bya hook and eye device 30'." The said discharge chute 32 has,as aforesaid a pivotal connectionat 34 with the tuloe 30. to admit ofthe chute 32 being moved to right or left on the ground. The chute 32serves'as a guide for the balls leaving the bent tube 30 and theposition to which the chute 32 is turned determines the direction theballs. will take on running out of it. Its position is fixed by a screw35. V

With short putts up-to about a yardor so, the discharge chute 32 wouldbe turnedltowards the right sufliciently to direct the ball to the frontof j straight line.

This channel is a bent tube 30 which is pivotally the inclined fillingchute 24 aforesaid. When the discharge chute 32 is in thisposition, aball after being played up the inclined filling chute 24 and into thecup or dished tray at the top thereof, will'return again toapproximately the spot it was'played from, viz., in front of the fillingchute 24;

With'longer putts the discharge chute 32 will be turned to the left awayfrom the inclined fillv ing chute 24 so that the balls will be takenclear of the line of playand therefore out of the way of'balls-subsequentlybeing played up the inclined filling chute 24.

The top'part of theinclined filling chute may be slightly dished so asto present a convex edge 76 to an approaching .ball instead of an edgewith 'a j Variations m the constructional details nd arrangements ofparts may be made, both in re spect of the filling chute and alsoinrespect of the 7 putting arrangements withoutfdeparting from the Fig.4 is a vertical section of thedischarge chute spirit of .the invention.H

gWhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-- r

,1. An appliance for golf practice comprising a 6 guide Jdevice providedwith means for causing a golf ball therein to run on reaching the groundin the direction desired, said means comprising a pivoted discharge.chute. V

2. An appliance for golf practice comprising a 35 1 guide deviceprovided with means, for causing a golf ball thereinto run onreachingthe ground inthe' direction desired,;said means comprising apivoted discharge chute with means for securing said chute in position.

3. An appliance for golf practice comprising a chute havingan inclinewith a cup, at the top of v r it which is adapted to receive a golf ballwhen I suitably playedand a guide device provided with means for causinga golf ball placed therein to 95, run on reaching the groundin thedirection desired,'said means comprising a pivoted discharge 1 chute.4.- An appliance for golf practice comprising a chute having an inclinewith a cup atthe top of it which is adapted to'receive a golf ball whensuitably playedand a guide device provided with 7' means for'causingagolf ball placed therein to run on reaching the ground in the directiondesired, said means comprisinga pivoted discharge chutewith means forsecuring said chute in position. I v BERTRAM VERNON RADLEY.

